What to do with Ramen! In celebration of the finding of 4000 year old noodles in China (at right), and since many of you have ramen noodles in your storage- let's find some recipes for it! After all- it is apparently not going anywhere!
posted by Queen K | 9:55 PM
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Asian Ramen Salad
1/2 cup salad oil
6 Tbsp. rice vinegar
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. pepper
2 (3oz.) pacakges chicken flavored ramen noodles (set flavor packet aside for sauce)
1/2 head cabbage
2 oz. bag slivered almonds
2 Tsbp. toasted sesame seeds
8 oz. can water chestnuts
15 oz. can mandarin oranges
Whisk oil, vinegar, sugar, pepper and seasoning packets together and set aside. Drain boiled noodles and rinse in cool water. Toss cabbage(chopped), noodles, water chestnuts, oranges, almonds and sesame seeds. Pour dressing over the top and mix lightly.
My kids love it!
The best deal on sesame seeds is NOT to get them from the spice section of the supermarket where they are typically $3.50-$5 a bottle. Either go to your local Asian market, or go to Walmart and find the mexican/hispanic foods. There are mexican spices there in clear packets and you can buy twice the amount of sesame seeds for less than a dollar.
the asian ramen salad yummy!
I make one like it all the time - is also awesome with cilantro and sliced green onions, shredded chicken (you can use canned since we are talking about canned stuff!) and if you candy the almonds they are delish!
(tip, don't toast the almonds and the sesame seeds together or the sesames will burn)
Canned it? Wow! You are awesome!!! I haven't quite gotten that far, however- I tested some my husband had bought over 6 years ago and it is still fine. I wonder how long it will go? The candied almod idea is awesome! I think I will try that!
Yes, they totally look like tapeworms! I was kinda surprised when I found out they were noodles. Better out than in!
That is funny! I bet it is still good. The cannery has a portable canner but it is bugger to get a hold of. Maybe we should start passing it around...hmmmm....
When my brother was serving a mission in Japan, he got a ramen noodle cookbook. I think one of the recipes was for a ramen noodle version of macaroni and cheese! I will let you know if I find the book.
very good blog by the way!!
I would love to have some recipes from that book! I think I saw somthing like that at Deseret recently. I'll get it and see what's new...
During our last move, I gave the contents of my fridge to my wonderful neighbor from Korea. Included in it were a head of cabbage and a jar of hoisin sauce. I little while latter these came back as a delicious lunch for our moving crew. We make it all the time now, it's quick and easy and there are never any leftovers:
Timmon's Noodle Dinner
half a large cabbage, shredded
1 can spam, julienned
2 packages ramen noodles
large spoonful of hoisin sauce
Prepare the cabbage and spam while the water for the noodle comes to a boil. Saute spam in a bit of oil till it starts to golden up a bit. Remove from pan. Break up ramen noodles and toss into boiling water (throw away the spice packs). While the noodles cook, saute the cabbage till it starts to go limp and transluscenty, but not soggy. Drain the noodles, and add the meat and cabbage and a dollop of hoisin sauce to taste. Mix up and serve!
I've never heard of anything like that! I've gotta try it.
Ok- I have found a website dedicated to all things ramen!
http://mattfischer.com/ramen/
The language can be a little, shall we say, "raw', but he apparently even has recipes for ramen for breakfast! Very interesting...
Check out the Ramen on a Stick- I bet kids would totally love it!
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